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Monday, October 27, 2025
TopicReservation in promotion

Topic: Reservation in promotion

Army promotions must be based on capabilities, not lineage. Turf protection is main mischief

The nature of discrimination in Army promotions is buried in the rules and procedures, making it harder to notice it. It is experienced by only a few officers when promotion board results are announced.

Careers paused, posts vacant — why fight over reservation in promotion has govt officers upset

Issue is controversial, taken up in SC several times. With litigation dragging on, more than 1,000 officers of Central Secretariat Service protested outside North Block Friday.

SC quota ruling is nothing new — reservation in jobs was never a fundamental right

SC ruling that reservations in jobs, promotions are not a fundamental right reiterates a long-held reading of constitutional provisions on quota. 

Aadhaar, 377, Babri: CJI Misra has to deliver 10 landmark judgments in 18 working days

Misra is just a month away from the end of his controversial tenure, but in that he could well alter India’s future.

On Camera

Hindu temples belong to deities & devotees, not the govt. Himachal Pradesh HC got it right

Just as India’s educated elite have benefited from missionary-run schools, temple donations could be channelled for the economic and educational upliftment of Hindus.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.